Gunman Demands Cash

February 19, 1986|By David Enscoe, Staff writer

WEST PALM BEACH — A man waiting in the checkout line at a Pantry Pride supermarket pulled a gun on the cashier and told her to fill a shopping bag with cash instead of groceries, police said on Tuesday.

The robbery occurred at 8 p.m. Monday at the the supermarket at 2601 Okeechobee Blvd., said police Capt. James Diggs.

``The suspect was in the checkout line, and when it was his turn, he produced a handgun and ordered the girl to hand over all the money,`` Diggs said.